Golan Levin is a professor of Electronic Art at Carnegie Mellon University. He has been a seminal part of CV research since the early 2000’s. This page contains some of his ideas and writings on the subject, and also allows you an opportunity to know more about this important figure.

To get started, please first read Prof. Levin’s bio:

• Biography - Golan Levin

Computer vision for artists

Please read the following article from Prof. Levin, this serves as a gentle introduction to techniques, ideas, and algorithms that are used in CV. (This is an older article, so it is not as technically complex as the field is today)

• Levin, G. “Computer vision for artists and designers: pedagogic tools and techniques for novice programmers.” AI & Soc 20, 462–482 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-006-0049-2
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CV in Art

Please watch the folling TED Talks, where Prof. Levin discusses his uses of CV in art.

Art That Looks Back at You

Software as Art